FORA.tv Speaker - Erik Larson

Biography

Erik Larson is the author of three New York Times
best-sellers, including Thunderstruckand Isaac’s Storm. His The Devil in the
White City remained on the Times’ hardcover and paperback lists for a combined
total of more than three years, won an Edgar Award for nonfiction crime writing
and was a finalist for a National Book Award; the option to make a movie of the
book was acquired in November 2010 by Leonardo DiCaprio. Larson graduated summa
cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Russian
history, language and culture. He received a master’s degree in journalism from
Columbia University. After a brief stint at the Bucks County Courier Times,
Larson became a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, and later a
contributing writer for Time. He has written articles for The Atlantic,
Harper’s and The New Yorker.